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WILLIAM M. NOBO/ROSS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GOVERNOR.

SLECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,514, dated March 9, 1886.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. Nononoss, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Governor, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a governor; and it consists in the various features of improvement hereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa front View of my improved governor, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 a cross-section on line x x, Fig. 3, of the inner bearing of the govenor-shaft on an enlarged scale.

The letter A represents the governor-shaft rotated from pulley a. Upon shaft A is firmly attached a sleeve or collar, b, provided with the radially-projecting arms c c, upon which the sliding balls d d are mounted. e e are a second pair of arms projecting -irom collar b, and serving as supports for the bell-cranksf g, to which they are pivotally attached. The arms f of the bell-cranks are forked and straddle a tubular extension, h, of each ball d, resting with their hooked ends upon a shoulder, z', formed on extension h. ,The arms g of the bell-cranks extend, respectively, to the right and left of shaft A and engage with lugs j,cast upon a sliding tube, la, slipped over shaft A and Working on a feather, a', attached to the same. l p

B B are brackets east upon the cover D of the throttle-valve D. The bracket B supports the outer end of the shaft A, and the bracket B receives the sleeve y for supporting the in, ner end of said shaft A, the construction of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

To the bracket B a bearing, n, is secured, to support a three-armed lever, m m m. The arm lm of this lever is connected with the stem d" of the valve, while the arm m is provided with a hand-rope, z, that enables the engineer to adjust the steam-supply. The upwardlyprojecting arm m has a hook-shaped end, m, that bears against a flange, 7c', at the end of tube k. The arm m" is screwthreaded around its circumference, and is embraced by a hand-nut, n', which may be moved up and down to any desired extent. To the hand-nut Serial No. 173.1157. (No nrulul.)

'n' is attached one end of a spiral spring, o, the other end of which is secured to and capable olsliding on an upright support, p.

It will be seen that as the nut a' is screwed l upward-wiz., away from the pivotal connecand thus the power necessary for oscillating said arm against the action of the spring is increased.` On the other-hand such power is diminished on screwing the nut u down.

rllhe operation ot' the parts as thus far described isas follows: The nutn being properly adjusted, the shaft A is rot-ated. The centril'ug-.tl force will force the balls d outward, as customary, in proportion to the rapidity of the rotation. The balls cl will cause the belleranks f g to turn on their pivots, and the arms g will draw the tube k in\vard-,-viz., toward the balls. The flange lo', against which the forked ends m" of the arm m" bear, will cause such arm to turn against the action of spring o, and thus partly close the throttle valve.

In the boss Z of frame B a ring, q, is fixed by means ot'a set-screw, q. Through this ring q a sleeve, 1, is passed, forming a bearing for the outer end of the governor-shaft A. The ring q has on its inner periphery one or more projections, q, and the sleeve y is made with a shoulder,y, which bears against the projections q", and thus prevents the sleeve q from slipping inward. fl`he outside diameter of the largest part of this sleeve y must be ofsuch dimensions that when its shoulder y is moved clear of the projections q" in the inside of the ring qsaid enlarged part of the sleeve y will pass freely through the ring q. The rod p, to which the springr 4o is attached, is hinged to a projecting arm, c', ofthe frame B', and its upper end is titthis arrangementt-he sleeveg/ will be prevented from turning by the action of the rod p, the lower end of which is pivoted to theprojecting arm z', and-,attire same time when shoulder y of the sleeve y bears against the projections g, so asto hold thesaid sleeve y in a proper position, this rod p will be rigidly secured to forni a irm support forthe end ofthe spring 0. The projection q" on the inside of the ring q must always be placed on the line of strain ofthe driving-belt t, and the natural spring of shaft A toward the belt t will keep the shoulder y tion of arm m"-it carries the spring o with it,

ted between lugs y provided on sleeve y. By,

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in line with 'projections q (ln ri ng the ordinary operation ot'ihe governor.

In ense the belt should breuk, thc shaft will naturally spring back, and thereby7 bringr the shoulder y clear of the projections q. This permits the sleeve 3/ to pass through the ring q, and thus the snpportp ot' the springe is released und the arm m is permitted to move inw/ard, thereby closing the valve, forming thus an automatic disengaging urrnngement.

I, claim as my invention 1. The combination of shaft A und collur b, having arms C c, with balls d, und with bellcranks pivoted to arms c und imparting motion to sliding tube k, for operating the throttle-valve, substantially ns speciiied.

2. The combination of :i governor with a three-armed lever7 m mi' m", ot' which arm m is connected to the valve-stein, arm m is eon nected to n hand-rope, and :arm m" is oseillnted by the notion ot' the hulls, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of lever m m," with tube r, nut n', embracing arm m, and with the spring; o, attached to nut n', substantially as specified.

4. The combination of shaft A with collar b, having urnas c e, and with balls d, bel1- crnnksfg, tube 7c, having lugs j, and collar k', and with elbow-lever 'm m, substantially as speeied.

5. The combination of shaft A with sleeve y, having shoulder y', und with ring q, having projections q", and with the rod p and Spring o, substantially ns spcclied..

6. rlhe combination ot' shaft A with sleeve y, ring q, rod p, spring o, nut n', and lever m m, snbst-mniall y as and for the purpose speeitied.

' WM. M. NoRoRoss.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, THOMAS TURNER. 

